Quotes About Passion

I've directed fragmentarily at the Herod Atticus, but never before a popular laiko unitals concert.

I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.

The things I want to focus on are music, writing, directing, and developing stuff.

I don't know why directing is not something I'm interested in.

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.

For me, directing a film is like confining myself. I want to do something beyond direction. I can conceive stories, write screenplays, etc. That's better for me.

I've acted just to get to directing.

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

I find directing more satisfying.

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

I'm interested in films, in directing.

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.

I love directing.

I was a film-directing major at NYU. I'm still not sure why I became a directing major, when I was really an actor and a comedian, but there was something that drew me to doing that.

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good.

A lot of scripts that I was given I didn't feel were right for me, because I didn't feel anything for them - I didn't feel like I was going to change in life and start directing.

To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it.

I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.